“I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened - particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over the world feel uncomfortable about that; they want to be in control. They want to be the ones telling people: "This is what we have done in history" but when people begin to say, "No this is what we have done in history" it's a different thing.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantFeelsDifferentDoneGovernmentOrdinaryUncomfortableDifferent ThingsRegimesOrdinary PeopleAwakened Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power.” ThinkingLanguageWonderRelationPrisonLanguage And Power Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.” ThinkingEndsTermPower Politics Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o